Random burblings since 1999
OK, most Brits know who Reg Dwight is, but what about Demetria Guynes? Or Marie MacDonald McLaughlin Lawrie? Or Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere, or Arnold George Dorsey… ohh I could go on, but I won’t as you can find them all at Famous Name Changes.
So, what would you change your name to?
Nine years ago tonight, after a night out with some friends, I suggested to Louise we get married. As the records show, she said yes and made me a very very happy man indeed. Tonight we have a celebration planned. We will tidy up the house a bit, and probably collapse into bed as we are both knackered from the past few week’s exertions (ohh yes, I’m playing 5-a-side after work first…). Romantic eh!
My in-laws are moving to Spain next week. So today we had a going away ‘do’ (a buffet lunch and a ‘few’ drinks). We had organised a family portrait of the ‘kids’ (Louise and I, her brother and her sister and her four kids), made up a couple of t-shirts for my father-in-law featuring a couple of his well known ‘words’ (hingfer and fisht) and a couple of other little bits and bobs.
It was a good day and we’ve just gotten home and I’m off to bed as we are both knackered.
Ohhh and for the record, I DO get on with my in-laws, they are great and I will miss them almost as much as Louise will.
So I can’t really be sitting here waffling away for you lot…
Some pics from last night will surface later, although I won’t mention the tea slurping incident…
Nigella Lawson is abandoning her cooking career because she is fed up with being known as “a domestic goddess”.
I’m all for Ms.Lawson wanting to change the direction of her career. She is a successful woman and is entitled to do what she likes.
I just have one teensy-weensy little condition. Can she please make a few short TV appearances from time to time… nothing much, she just needs to come on and lick a chocolate covered spoon clean*. It’s not much to ask, is it?
* Doesn’t have to be chocolate, can be honey, syrup, or anything else. You see it’s the way that she… ohhh never mind…
My contract is up so it is new mobile phone time methinks… But which one?
Tariff has to be cross network, phone must have gadgets. Currently I’m heading towards the Orange SPV (my mate has one and it is very smart aside from the fact it is running on an MS OS… blue screen of death on a mobile? urgh…) Either that or the new Nokia 7250.
So let’s compare:
SPV – Add-on camera thingy, includes sync capabliity with Outlook (handy for to-do lists and calendar appointments), and MP3 player – takes a MMD card so is expandable…
7250 – Integrated camera, radio, and being Nokia I’ll have it up and running in all of 30 secs.
Ohh who am I kidding, it’ll be the SPV (providing I can still get one for free…). Back to Orange then, ahhh memories of my old nk502 ‘banana phone’ my first ever mobile.
[ Updated so as not to confuse poor old Lyle 😉 ]